Small Miracles

May 2025.
A "small miracle" brought together jazz singer Chiaki Akashi and composer Hayata Akashi, two people with the same surname, resulting in this song.
Hayata composed the song in 1993.
He wrote it in response to an offer from his agency at the time to compose a song that everyone could sing together at the end of a music program. However, the concept didn't fit, so the song was shelved and forgotten.
In May 2025, through the introduction of a mutual acquaintance, singer Noa Mizuki, Hayata appeared as a guest on Chisaki's popular, long-running radio program, "Afternoon Cafe Terrace," on Chofu FM. There, they finally met face-to-face.
(Interestingly, Hayata happened to live in Fuchu City, just a bike ride away from the radio station!)
During the program, Hayata mentioned that the Akashi family had a long history as Shinto priests and that many of its members were talented in music and art. He realized in that moment that the connection between the two Akashis through music was "a small miracle", and he recalled the song he had created 32 years earlier.
Convinced that "this person would be perfect for that song", Hayata impulsively asked Chisaki to record and stream it during the broadcast. With her consent, the song awoke from its long slumber and was shared with the world.
Hayata's dramatic melody and Chisaki's kitschy yet soulful voice created a chemical reaction, rebirthing the song as a new standard number that resonates with everyone's hearts in this uncertain era.
Life is a series of small, ordinary miracles.
"A small green sprout becomes a great forest."
Through this song, the two Akashi begin to sow seeds of hope in people.